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Prizegiving 22^nd September 2012

Children / Juniors

Novice Cup                                                                 XCountry Champs

Under 7 Boys                           Jaxon Harris                Mini Midget Boys (U10) Hunter Bendell
Under 7 Girls                           Amber Bendell            Mini Midget Girls (U10) Lucy Bendell
Mini Midget Girls (U10)         Lucy Bendell               Midget Girls (U12)          Sophia Bendell
Midget Girls (U12)                  Anna Barnes
Under 14 Boys                         Bailey McKay

Burton Cup                                                                Road Champs

Mini Midget Boys (U10           Hunter Bendell         Mini Midget Boys (U10) Dylan Endersby
Mini Midget Girls (U10)         Lucy Bendell              Mini Midget Girls (U10) Lucy Bendell
Midget Girls    (U12)               Sophia Bendell           Midget Girls (U12)          Sophia Bendell
Under 14 Girls                         Hannah Munro          Under 14 Girls                 Hannah Munro

Prosser Cup

Under 7 Boys                           Hunter Bendell
Under 7 Girls                           Amber Bendell
Mini Midget Girls (U10)         Emily Munro
Midget Girls (U12)                  Anna Barnes
Under 14 Boys                         Bailey McKay
Under 14 Girls                         Hannah Munro

Vulcan Trophy  Most promising midget – Boys       Hunter Bendell
Western Trophy Outstanding midget     – Girls        Sophia Bendell

Seniors

Novice Cup                                                              X-Country Champs

Senior Men                         Tom Burgess            Senior Men              Ben Minehan
Senior Women                    Jess Barnes              Senior Women        Jess Barnes
Veteran Men                       Paul Gunningham  Veteran Men           Robbie Barnes
Veteran Women                 Jan Curnow             Veteran Men +60   Rab Rodger
Veteran Women      Joanne Farrell

Burton Cup

Senior Men                          Dale Smit               Veteran Women +55 Margaret Hazelwood
Senior Women                    Cara Shirley           Veteran Women         Joanne Farrell
Veteran Men                       Ron Adams

Prosser Cup                                                         Road Champs

Walkers                                 Leanne Barnes        Senior Men              Dale Smit
Prosser Cup                          Cara Shirley             Senior Women        Kiri Johnson
Women’s Road Handicap    Cara Shirley            Veteran Men           Peter Dick
Veteran Men +60                Rab Rodger

Fairhall Road Race

Walkers                               Phillipa Hyndman   Veteran Women           Michelle Harris
Fairhall Road Race            Tom Burgess            Veteran Women +55   Margaret Hazelwood
Veteran Fairhall Trophy  David Bendell
Guerin Trophy                   Ron Adams

President’s Supporters Cup                                         TBA
President’s Trophy                                                          Tom Burgess
John Western Memorial Cup                                      Steve Olsen
Most Improved Walker                                                 Kay Leach
Anita Neal Trophy – Most Improved Runner      Cara Shirley
Harrier of the Year                                                          Ray Waters

Cara Shirley is the 2012 holder of the Prosser Cup. Contested on Saturday, and the last event on the club calendar for the 2012 season, the cup is raced on handicap around the streets of Blenheim, encompassing an 8.2 km circuit. The Prosser Cup dates back to 1949 and up until 2002 it was awarded to the first male across the finish line. In recent years it has been presented to the overall winner regardless of gender. The Prosser Cup doubles as the Women’s Road Handicap event and Cara also claimed this title.

Cara won on a handicap time of 71 minutes and 49 seconds, just 13 seconds clear of runner-up Emily Burgess. Third place went to Bill Hunter. Robbie Barnes recorded the fastest actual time of 30 minutes and 49 seconds.

Leanne Barnes won the walker’s title, more than five minutes ahead of runner-up Barry Hyndman. Kay Leach finished third a further four minutes back. In the junior grades Hunter Bendell, Amber Bendell, Emily Munro, Anna Barnes, Bailey McKay, Hannah Munro and Piers Landon-Lane won titles.

Who ate the most jellybeans?

Junior prize giving followed the afternoon racing. Hunter and Sophia Bendell were aptly rewarded for their outstanding efforts during the season by being awarded the Vulcan and Western Trophies respectively. The Vulcan Trophy is awarded to the Most Promising Midget (12 and under) Boy. The Western Trophy is awarded to the Outstanding Midget (12 and under) Girl.

David Bendell completed an extra 5 km during the prize giving to pick up the trophies won by Sophia and Lucy.

The senior prize giving saw Tom Burgess awarded the President Trophy, awarded for Best Club Spirit, recognising his valuable contribution to the new club website. The John Western Memorial Cup for sportsmanship went to Steve Olsen for the second year in succession. The Anita Neal Trophy for the Most Improved Runner throughout the season was awarded to Cara Shirley and Ray Waters was named Marlborough Harrier of the Year. Kay Leach received the trophy for Most Improved Walker at the senior prize-giving. This is the second year in succession that she has claimed the silverware.

Full Results

What a fun day we all had in the running of the Queen Charlotte Relay Saturday 15^th September 2012.

 Sincere thanks to the following committee who made this event run as smooth as it did:

Wynnie Wu Cosgrove, Les McKay, Ron Adams, Jan Curnow, Bill Hunter, Allister Leach.

Our sponsors AvantiPlus Blenheim, Mitchells Sports Power, MacDonalds Family Restaurant, Top Town Cinema, Super Liquor, Havelock Hotel, Lion Breweries South, Marlborough Express, More FM, Grapelander, SBS, Yealands Estate Ltd. Without their generous support, we would not be able to provide the quality prizes.

Our helpers who weathered the storm no matter what:

Julie and Bill Hunter, Wynnie and David Cosgrove, Ron and Debbie Adams, Ted Lucas, Allister and Kay Leach, Ian Columbus, Ross Logan, Tracey Sim, Ben Minehan, Ulysses Motorcycle Club, Bailey McKay and anyone who stepped in to assist on the day.

Our thanks to all who competed and their support crew(s).

We did have a major malfunction of the results program which meant we could not provide any full results, fatest lap times etc. We are busy rebuilding the results so they can be advertised.

Do look at photos link for photos of the day. I must say they do not fully portray how wet it was.

See you all 21^st September 2013.

The club road champs were held on the Grovetown circuit on Saturday afternoon.

Dale Smit and Kiri Johnson were comfortable winners in the senior grades with Dale claiming back-to-back senior mens titles. Michelle Harris, Margaret Hazelwood, Peter Dick and Rab Rodger claimed the veteran titles. Non-member Phillip Sim finished eight seconds ahead of Peter in the veteran mens grade.

In the junior grades the closest finish came in the Boys 10 and under. Dylan Endesrby out-sprinted Hunter Bendell to take the title with just one second separating them. Lucy Bendell, Sophia Bendell, Connor Endesrby and Hannah Munro were other winners in their respective grades…

Hellen Munro won the 5 km walk.

The Guerin Trophy is also associated with the road champs and is awarded in the veteran mens category under a sealed handicap. The winner is kept under wraps and is announced at the end of season prize-giving.

Results